You may not know it or think of it, but your home can be a very toxic place. These things are not announced by product manufacturers and they certainly aren't discussed near often enough in the media. Your carpet, furniture, drapes, shower curtains, are manufactured with toxic chemicals that may take a long while to "off gas".
Alone, these items might not seem dangerous but add them to the toxic soup that we are exposing our little ones to and it all just sounds too much, at least to me.
We use only organic and natural cloth near and on our newborn babies. New carpets, painting, etc...are put off for when baby is older and not so susceptible to surroundings that are toxic.